Apple to Cut 200 Jobs at Beats

Apple is cutting 200 of the more than 700 jobs at Beats Electronics once it closes its $3 billion acquisition of the streaming-music and headphone company, a person familiar with the matter said.

The person said the affected positions will come from areas such as human resources, finance and support services, where there will be considerable overlap after Beats is part of Apple.

Apple said it will try to find new roles for affected employees. It said it had offered every Beats employee a job for at least a short period and would try to find permanent spots at Apple for as many as possible.

High-profile and creative employees like Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine are already settling in at Apple — Dre made a guest appearance by phone at Apple’s annual developers conference in June. According to 9to5Mac, Beats creative chief Trent Reznor, the lead singer for Nine Inch Nails, and Beats Music CEO Ian Rogers are also joining Apple.